This is the first part of the dataset of the studies on water and energy
cycle mainly obtained in the Lena River Basin, under the cooperation of
GAME (GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment)-Siberia project of Japan and FORSGC
(Frontier Observational Research System for Global Change, now Institute
of Observational Research for Global Change (IORGC) /JAMSTEC ), up to the
year 2000. The GAME-Siberia project was one of the regional observation
studies of the International GAME Project. This project started in 1996
and its first phase ended in 2002, and now it is in its second phase. The
dataset contained here includes the data of ground-based measurement data
and other data taken mainly by the Japanese University groups under this
project. FORSGC also started its research activities in 1999 to study other
aspects and long-term variation of water and energy cycle in the same region.
Although these two are a different project, both found out that, it is
better to compile the data together and form one dataset from the standpoint
of usage.

The dataset is composed of hydrological, meteorological,
glaciological and physiological data both experimental and operational data
taken on various platforms such as towers, masts, aircraft and by aerological
balloons. There are also sub-surface data and data from manual observation for
elements which measurements are difficult by automatic instruments. More than 50
scientists from universities and institutes in Japan, and also scientists in the
various institutes of Russia cooperated to obtain and archive data. We hope that
researchers in the related fields use these data, possibly, to develop new
findings, to advance our knowledge about climate system in the Siberian Region
and to contribute to the understanding of the present global changes.

We
would like to express especially deep gratitude to Institute of Biological
Problems of Cryolithozone (Former Institute of Biology, Siberian Branch, Russian
Academy of Sciences), Permafrost Institute (Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of
Sciences) and Institute of Geography (Russian Academy of Sciences) in Moscow
among the contributing institutes of the Russian GAME Committee, which
cooperated with us in the in-situ measurements. We also would like to thank Dr.
Rikie Suzuki of FRSGC for the compilation and editing of the dataset at the
final stage.

GAME-Siberia and Frontier Observational Research
System for Global Change (2003): Dataset for Water and Energy Cycle in Siberia
(Version 1), (edited by Rikie Suzuki and Tetsuo Ohata), GAME-Siberia and
FORSGC.

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refer each documentation.